To the Zoo!

This month we took our family to Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo for the first time.  Overall it was pretty fun, but there may or may not have been four tired, grumpy people at the end of the day.

The most memorable part for me was when we approached this penguin habitat near the entrance to the zoo.  As I drove Rhett's stroller toward the glass where Benjamin stands in the picture, Rhett lost it.  The poor things thought I was driving him right into the water and he was desperately trying to escape before he plunged.  It was not so much funny at the time as really sad.

A note to zoo-attending grown-ups everywhere:  I'm glad you like the zoo.  The animals are great.  But when there are a dozen children under the age of seven trying to see an exhibit, please don't stand there in the very front for 10 minutes blocking everyone's view.  Especially if you clearly don't have any kids of your own in your company.  It's annoying.  (Complaint over.)

The admission was a little pricey for our taste (we had to keep reminding ourselves that it was for the kids, who have never seen an elephant/hippo/gorilla/penguin in real life), plus you have to pay for parking (I dislike that part of Seattle very much), so our zoo visits will probably be few and far between.  And maybe we'll go after October 1 when the price goes down for the winter.